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Plurals

‘There are a lot of nice hice out there…’

January 22, 2016February 22, 2016Liz Black

To get a reaction, while pointing out the window, I asked ‘Well, if the plural of mouse is mice, why isn’t the plural of house hice?’ This is an example of confusing plurals that I have often used over the years during Y7 lessons when one of the learners has commented on something in the foreign […]

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